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- 02 May 2024 17:53
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Chains with two stores very close to each other
- Replies: 31
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Re: Chains with two stores very close to each other
In Princeton, WV, there was once a Kroger superstore with a SupeRx implemented in the building design. Next door to it was (and is) located another small shopping center (the "Stafford Plaza"), with a Roses department store and an Eckerd pharmacy. [ 17 years later, I'm resurrecting this t...
- 03 Nov 2023 06:56
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27047
Re: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
On a related subject, is it safe to assume that most Food Basics stores around Toronto are former A&P or Dominion locations? Or that most No Frills stores are former Loblaw's? Anyone familar with the Toronto landscape out there? Resurrecting this thread to say "not necessarily" about ...
- 02 Nov 2023 04:09
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Whatever became of Western Steer Steakhouse?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26805
Re: Whatever became of Western Steer Steakhouse?
Mike! A chance in a million! Are you anywhere remotely close to northern Ontario, by any chance? I'd love to connect. Unfortunately, no. :( My ex-husband and I lived just outside Stouffville ON (in the GTA just north of Markham) for five years starting in 2008 after fleeing Nashville TN, then moved...
- 07 Jul 2021 00:17
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Whatever became of Western Steer Steakhouse?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26805
Re: Whatever became of Western Steer Steakhouse?
Hi Mike! Small world, small world! On the Western Steer front, I found something interesting lately while browsing old magazines: A 1986 Consumer Reports restaurant survey in which the chain was the top-rated steakhouse . I wasn't expecting that! Maybe their quality went into a tailspin when the 19...
- 22 Jun 2020 20:04
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Whatever became of Western Steer Steakhouse?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26805
Re: Whatever became of Western Steer Steakhouse?
Andrew, after years of lurking I was prompted to create an account just to reply to this thread. I ate at the Princeton Western Steer many times growing up, as well as their location over in Tazewell (my paternal and maternal grandparents, respectively). And no, nary a soul went there for "stea...